Album Retrospectives

Cryptic Rock devotes time to reflect on legendary music albums from yesteryear. For special anniversaries we provide intelligent articles with historical perspective about the importance of your favorite albums.

Led Zeppelin’s Physical Graffiti – An Epic Achievement 4 Decades Later

Gerard SmithGerard SmithJuly 2, 2015

At the time of its release, February 1975, Led Zeppelin’s magnum opus, Physical Graffiti, the band was the biggest in the world. With their previous five albums achieving multi-platinum sales and the band smashing attendance records at concert venues around the globe, Led Zeppelin were on ... Read More

Sentenced – Mourning The Funeral Album a Decade Later

Nicholas FrancoNicholas FrancoJune 30, 2015

Those who came into the realm of extreme music in the ’90s were thankful for labels like Century Media Records, which gave worldwide distribution to such a disparate and delightful horde of awesome, oftentimes challenging bands for our collective delectation. One of the most notable ... Read More

Fall Out Boy’s From Under The Cork Tree a gem a decade later

Emma GuidoEmma GuidoJune 16, 2015

May third marked ten years since Fall Out Boy’s sophomore album, From Under the Cork Tree, became one of the most pivotal moments in the band’s career. Being the first album the band had time to sit down and write in Burbank, California, the record became ... Read More

Coldplay’s X & Y Prolific British Rock 10 Years Later

Michele JohnsonMichele JohnsonJune 6, 2015

Coldplay were at their all-time high in 2005 when their third studio record, X & Y, was released and their creative flow was at an elevated level. Listeners came to see that their style of music became more euphoric and symphonic as they were reaching ... Read More

Moonspell’s Wolfheart still howling 20 years later

Nicholas FrancoNicholas FrancoApril 22, 2015

Twenty years since the release of an album is a milestone worthy of note, a time for reflection on whether the music at hand has withstood the test of time, as well as an opportunity to discuss a band’s subsequent musical direction, or perhaps its ... Read More

Mad Season’s Above turns 20 years old

Marissa InfallibleMarissa InfallibleApril 21, 2015

For lovers of all things flannel, it does not get much better than Mad Season. Formed in Seattle, Washington during the height of the Grunge movement, this legendary Rock supergroup was made up of Alice In Chains’ Layne Staley on vocals, Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready ... Read More

Album Retrospectives

Led Zeppelin’s Physical Graffiti – An Epic Achievement 4 Decades Later

Sentenced – Mourning The Funeral Album a Decade Later

Fall Out Boy’s From Under The Cork Tree a gem a decade later

Coldplay’s X & Y Prolific British Rock 10 Years Later

Moonspell’s Wolfheart still howling 20 years later

Mad Season’s Above turns 20 years old

Led Zeppelin’s Physical Graffiti – An Epic Achievement 4 Decades Later

Sentenced – Mourning The Funeral Album a Decade Later

Fall Out Boy’s From Under The Cork Tree a gem a decade later

Coldplay’s X & Y Prolific British Rock 10 Years Later

Moonspell’s Wolfheart still howling 20 years later

Mad Season’s Above turns 20 years old

This Week in Horror Movie History – The Omen (1976)

This Week in Horror Movie History – Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)

This Week in Horror Movie History – Damien: The Omen II (1978)

Interview – Chad L. Coleman

Interview – Teri Gender Bender

Interview – Mick Avory of The Kinks

Cleanbreak – We Are The Fire (Album Review)

Land of the Dead (4K UHD Collector’s Edition Review)

Twenty One Pilots – Clancy (Album Review)